Middles for Iv0 Take II

See the results of this poll: Please select your favorite combo

Respondents: 50 (This poll is closed)

  • Iv0 Maurice : 8 (10%)
  • Iv0 Emeric : 2 (2%)
  • Iv0 Emery : 10 (12%)
  • Iv0 Muir : 6 (7%)
  • Iv0 Maxwell : 23 (28%)
  • Iv0 Miles : 10 (12%)
  • Iv0 Emmett : 16 (20%)
  • Iv0 Emil : 6 (7%)
  • Other (please specify): 1 (1%)

I think Iv0 [name_u]Emmett[/name_u] and Iv0 [name_m]Emil[/name_m] are very handsome. I voted for [name_u]Emmett[/name_u] though, I think it’s a great name and I think it balances the unusual Iv0. I don’t really see how you’d get [name_m]Milo[/name_m] from the middle names…

[name_m]Emil[/name_m] is my favorite, but I also voted for [name_u]Emmett[/name_u] and [name_m]Miles[/name_m]. I especially like that [name_m]Miles[/name_m] and [name_m]Emil[/name_m] give you the [name_m]Milo[/name_m] option, as it seems like you both want Iv0 to have a backup. [name_m]Emil[/name_m] also seems like a good compromise between your naming styles, and it’s pretty cool that [name_m]Emil[/name_m] would honor both you and whoever you’re honoring with the strong [name_f]Em[/name_f]- beginning sound. That’s just serendipitous!

Did not vote for it, but Iv0 [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] is also very nice, and would give your son the backup option of [name_u]Max[/name_u].

@maerad - [name_u]Emmett[/name_u] is growing on me, although I also worry since it too is a variation of [name_f]Emily[/name_f]! [name_m]Milo[/name_m] would really be most intuitive if we go with [name_m]Miles[/name_m] as the middle name (a name neither of us love in and of itself). This would be a fall back for much later in baby’s life - something my husband recently decided is important to him.

@ceryle - Thank you for your response. The double honor would be serendipitous, but the problem is that I’m not actually sure that I want to honor myself, haha!

I also forgot to add Iv0 [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] to my ‘top’ list. It’s not my husband’s favorite but it’s another potential option.

I actually love Iv0 [name_u]Morgan[/name_u]…but I voted for [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] or [name_u]Emery[/name_u] as middles. [name_m]Just[/name_m] based on sound I think Iv0 [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] sounds the best.

I voted for Iv0 [name_u]Emery[/name_u], which is beautiful - although I really love Iv0 [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] (which is unusual because I generally dislike 2-2 syllable names!) I didn’t vote for it, but I agree with @ceryle about [name_m]Ivo[/name_m] [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] :slight_smile:

Iv0 is such a fun name! I voted, but here are some other suggestions.

[name_m]Morris[/name_m] (maybe a toned-down version of [name_u]Maurice[/name_u]?)
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]

I absolutely adore the sound and flow of Iv0 [name_u]Emmett[/name_u]!!! I also adore [name_u]Emery[/name_u] and [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] as potential middles! :slight_smile:

@sillypumpkin, @Cydney_Eleanor, and @cellularconfusion - I’m so glad you like all of those. It makes me feel good to hear that we have some good options. I really appreciate your opinions.

@cozieberry - my husband actually loves [name_m]Monte[/name_m], so he’d love [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m], but I think it might be too much for me. We’ve considered [name_m]Morris[/name_m], but I think I like that better as a first name than as a middle - weird I know. I love [name_m]Matthias[/name_m], but more for other people’s kids. I am so glad you like Iv0 :slight_smile:

Thank you all for the responses. You are warming me up a bit to [name_u]Emmett[/name_u] and [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]. I just worry that [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] is a bit too buttoned-up for my taste. I also don’t love that it was originally a surname, but maybe I need to get over that. Also, I’d hope that he wouldn’t decide to ever go by [name_u]Max[/name_u] since I know so, so many of them from childhood, but I guess if that happened it wouldn’t be for a long time.

I’m so glad that so many of you like [name_u]Morgan[/name_u]. I think it probably is in my top 3, but, sadly, I can’t seem to get my husband on board with it :frowning:

I noticed very little love for Emeric. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you all think it’s just a little too out there?

I voted for [name_m]Ivo[/name_m] [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]. [name_m]Ivo[/name_m] [name_u]Emery[/name_u] would be my next choice.

I think that [name_u]Murray[/name_u] is a great middle name.

What people do you wish to go honour?

TBH I don’t see how a name can be an honorific by virtue of it sharing a capital letter or a syllable with another name.

I say just go the whole hog or not at all.

Also: I only use dead relatives names as honorifics as otherwise it can lead to noses out of joint amongst living relatives! :slight_smile:

@vidri - You like one of each of our favorites!

@fionnabhair - I like [name_u]Murray[/name_u] too, but my husband doesn’t feel comfortable using it for several reasons that are very justifiable. The tradition of honoring someone with an initial is fairly well established in my maternal culture, so that’s why we’re going in that direction to honor my maternal grandfather. The baby will also be getting his Hebrew name. We are hoping to commemorate both my late father and late grandfather with our baby’s name.

@vidri - You like one of each of our favorites!

@fionnabhair - I like [name_u]Murray[/name_u] too, but my husband doesn’t feel comfortable using it for several reasons that are very justifiable. The tradition of honoring someone with an initial is fairly well established in my maternal culture, so that’s why we’re going in that direction to honor my maternal grandfather. The baby will also be getting his Hebrew name. We are hoping to commemorate both my late father and late grandfather with our baby’s name.